November 2015

We are well into our calendar of topics for the year and I want to remind everyone about our upcoming November Social Media Workshop on November 21st! Facilitated by Blake Babcock of Focal Point Social Media, this event promises to be a true learning experience, especially for those who want to learn more about how … Continue reading…

This month, Lines & Letters caught up with long-time member, Kathleen Rugerri, who recently changed roles at Rockwell Automation. Kathleen was the previous Manager of Information Development. Kathleen’s new role is Manager, Information Architecture and Content Strategy. In this role, she and her team are responsible for creating technical content strategies for Rockwell Automation’s complex … Continue reading…

The Academic Relations committee (Kade Dodds and Lynn Nickels) made their first college visit of this year on Oct. 6th to John Carroll University. The committee presented to Tom Pace’s class of writing students and were surprised at the great questions posed by them! Students were encouraged to attend a meeting to see how they … Continue reading…

Once again, NEO STC got a word in at Case Western Reserve University’s Link-State event, an annual event specifically geared toward engineering students. I was able to speak to students about volunteering and networking through organizations like NEO STC – it’s a case for a Win-Win strategy! Not only can students help the community … Continue reading…

Lillian Virginia Mountweazel was a renowned fountain designer turned photographer, famous for her definitive work on American mailbox photography, and a book titled Flags Up! Mountweazel’s life was cut tragically short in 1973 when, on assignment for Combustibles magazine, she exploded. Lillian Virginia Mountweazel is a copyright trap. She’s a made-up person who was included … Continue reading…

I recently had the privilege of attending the Intermediate Excel 2013 class at DeVore Technologies, Inc. in Beachwood, where NEO STC held its October meeting. Thanks to the wonderful folks at DeVore, attendees of that NEO STC meeting were able to attend one of a handful of classes for FREE. Yeah – you read that … Continue reading…

This look at current thinking about top emerging technologies should help us in our own work to see how we might use these technologies. Whether it is social media, wearable technologies, the latest in printers, personalization, big data, cloud computing, mobile apps, analytics, digital identity, haptic interfaces, augmented reality, or the internet of things, we … Continue reading…